Comments on: Wolf #2 has a new war http://www.defeatpoverty.com/2005/09/wolf-2-has-new-war.html A conversation on global economic issues, ideas & data to help us all become better contributors to defeating the scourge of extreme global poverty Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:26:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jeff Maurone http://www.defeatpoverty.com/2005/09/wolf-2-has-new-war.html/comment-page-1#comment-9 Jeff Maurone Wed, 12 Oct 2005 22:46:00 +0000 http://www.defeatpoverty.com/2005/09/wolf-2-has-a-new-war.html#comment-9 I think we're most certainly <i>years</i> away from seeing if the Bush cronyism that ended up selecting Wolfowitz ahead of so many other more qualified candidates paid off. The work he's done so far has been pretty much business-as-usual for the president of the World Bank (fighting for higher state-level giving is akin to fighting for a job if you work at a Bretton Woods institution). I think he's played his first months rather conservatively compared to Wolfensohn's first months.<br/><br/><br/>(Met you at the SVP event with Grameen and KickStart, found this through the Unitus blog, and put two and two together!) I think we’re most certainly years away from seeing if the Bush cronyism that ended up selecting Wolfowitz ahead of so many other more qualified candidates paid off. The work he’s done so far has been pretty much business-as-usual for the president of the World Bank (fighting for higher state-level giving is akin to fighting for a job if you work at a Bretton Woods institution). I think he’s played his first months rather conservatively compared to Wolfensohn’s first months.

(Met you at the SVP event with Grameen and KickStart, found this through the Unitus blog, and put two and two together!)

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